Prasanna Venkatraman for SGS&SGBS Trust Bangalore 11Mar2010

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Artist : Sri Prasanna Venkatraman
Violin : Smt V Nalina Mohan
Mridangam : Sri C Cheluvaraju
Ghatam : Sri MA Krishnamurthy
Organiser : SGBS trust & Saraswathi gana sabha
Venue : Unnati center , NGEF layout, Sadananda nagar, Bangalore
Date : 11 mar 2010

2. Siva Siva Yena Radha (3S) - Pantuvarali - Thy
3. entani sabari (8R2, 6N, 5S) - Mukari - Thy
N @ Kannulav seivinchi
4. Neerajakshi Kamakshi - Hindolam - MSD
5. Kanaga Sabha pathiku - atana - GKB
6. Manasu Svadhina - (10R5, 7N, 5S, T)- Sankarabaranam -Thy
N @ Aajenmamu

Posting this incomplete songlist (not a review). Hope someone can
add entire songlist and technical review.

This is my second time listening of PV after few years.

The highlights were raga alapana and the neraval in both main
and submain. I have not heard both these songs in live. So I was
happy. I liked his hindolam piece too , I guess
I havenot heard anything in hindolam for many years now.
This song I have heard in a old album by Sanjay.
I missed both the first song and the post thani items.
May be he sang another big song post thani.

May be a rare raga at 3 down, then may be hindolam alapana,
a different pantuvarali & atana songs would have made my day.
But again this is only my wish and I am sure he has other
calculations. The festival was on thy & PD.

The place seems well lit, neatly laid roads due to bangalore metro
depo coming nearby. So audience, no need to worry about bad roads
and bad connectivity of last year. It was very disappointing that the rasigas
were very few to have missed a budding artist. He started with barely
15 audience and continued , probably with less than 50-60 till the end.